2017 Camaro Z/28 Prototype Crashes On Nurburgring

May 13, 2016Amy PlemonsComments Off on 2017 Camaro Z/28 Prototype Crashes On Nurburgring

Whoops doesn’t begin to describe a crash this week on the Nurburgring involving a 2017 Camaro Z/28 prototype.

The camouflaged sports car is undergoing testing at the world famous German race track and somehow ended up locking up, skidding and then crashing into a wall while taking a corner. The driver and passenger were both okay, and while the car took a hard hit to the right front, it doesn’t look too bad.

Fast forward to 1:35 in the video to see the crash.

General Motors told Autoblogit doesn’t comment on testing, but that “safety is our overriding priority.”

From the video you can see the prototype has a huge, gaping grille, blacked out wheels, and an aggressive front splitter.

Chevrolet’s been unsurprisingly secretive about the track-focused car and we don’t even know for sure what’s going under the hood. But from the video it sort of sounds like a V8 instead of a turbocharged V6. We’d also bet it gets the new 10-speed automatic transmission going into the ZL1 coupe this fall. A convertible version will follow. The ZL1 will also come with a supercharged 6.2L LT4 engine.